Westwood is not a homogeneous neighborhood, and statistics like crime really should be considered on a street-by-street basis.

They eventually bought a fixer upper in the country 2 hours north last month.My sample set is too small to be statistically significant of course.

You could talk to them about planned developments and booming areas based on developments & statistics. 

Quick question for the forum: Does anyone use the Bureau of Labor Statistic's CPI Inflation Calculator when assessing the value of a potential investment?

Don't get house horny, otherwise risk to become a statistic. 

“Statistically, more people die in their homes from a fire than anywhere else – shopping centers, McDonald’s.

Do you just find statistics of a given area online, or talking with everyone you interact with, or other ways?

Nearly everyone has a social media profile https://www.statista.com/statistics/273476/percent...and they spend an average of 5 hours a day on their devices. https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/03/u-s-consumers-no...Now, someone can either look at this data and say, "nah, that will die soon." or "social media is terrible, it's ripping apart society", "social media will have no effect on business" or "con artists and marketing teams have figured out how easy it is to use social media against you" and leave it at that.

To be specific, I'm searching for statistics on the aggregated value and/or volume of the transactions in either. 

Is it because statistically Schedule C and E are audited more frequently than 1065 and 1120S?"